We used the Monster cable (your first choice up there) for each TV with good success. In one case where the cable was long and the signal was weak, we added a powered booster near the TV - http://www.amazon.com/Motorola.....B000066E6Y - and everything is crystal clear. It has gold connectors, too. (At the time, it cost about $50, and we got a $50 rebate. )

We have 2 anntennas, nothing special about them, they're ordinary Radio Shack (pre-HDTV) antennas that pick up the HDTV signals very well.

Yeah, I've got an HDTV and am going to make the transition to antenna and computer cable. It should be an adventure. I live about 30 miles from the TV station and not quite sure what my best buy would be.

Mary, take a look at this site - http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx . Their mapping program, provided by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), locates the proper outdoor antenna to receive your local television broadcast channels. There's form to fill out with your location information, and then you'll see a chart listing all the stations around you, the distance to each, and the type of antenna that can receive the signal from them. We used this information years ago (way before the official switch to HD) and have been getting free terrestrial HDTV all this time.

An ordinary small multi-directional antenna can receive a signal up to 50 miles away if there are no tall structures in the way.